My Journey Starts

[kcoffey60 13]

Thursday it will be 2 weeks since my revision surgery on August 12, from RNY to Duodenal Switch. It was a 5 1/2 hour surgery, a little rough but my surgeon was able to do what needed to be done. I was in the hospital for 4 nights. So far since i've been home the only issue i've had with the surgery is one of my incisions started draining quite a bit. I went to the doctor to have that taken care of. It wasn't infected but to be cautious, i'm on antibiotics and gauzed up. I see the doctor again on Thursday. Mostly all pain is gone. I'm now on pureed foods. That is going a little tougher than i thought as far as what to eat. I'm eating slow but this morning i did throw up my Breakfast. i don't know if it was just stuck or maybe the puree was too thick so i need to be more careful. I also see my nutritionist on Thursday, i know she will have good advice. I'm getting in my Protein pretty good each day and really working in my Vitamins now too. I will update after my Thursday appt. Also, does anyone have some puree recipes? Thank you!

Karen

[Dave In Houston 199]

When I was on the puree stage after my gastric bypass, I would grind Soups in a bullet blender with some extra chicken. At that stage I could stand about 4 ounces of liquid. Progreso has some canned soups that are tasty.

Another thing I did is to grind Entrees like chicken curry or chicken marsala, then thin the sauce down with chicken broth to the consistency of a thick Soup.

You'll be moving on to soft foods soon enough.

[kcoffey60 13]

Thank you Dave.... i just started pureeing Soups which is working well. I never thought of trying Entrees. Great idea!